Western Canal, Hickey Hall Dam, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Summary
Significance: The Hickey Hall Dam was built to ensure the water level in the upper level of the Western Canal was sufficiently high to provide power to the Suffolk and Tremont Mills prior to construction of the Northern Canal.
Survey number: HAER MA-5-A
Building/structure dates: 1845 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Proprietors of the Locks & Canals on the Merrimack River
Suffolk Manufacturing Company
Tremont Manufacturing Company
Hawley, Monica E, transmitter
Malone, Patrick M, historian
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Location
Lowell, 42.63342, -71.31617
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html